<p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Once upon a time, Maggie Mackintosh Budge yearned for handsome rogues and breathtaking adventure. Now widowed after a disastrous marriage and desperate to escape her still-matchmaking father, she stows away on the nearest vessel because sometimes the only solution is running away to sea.&nbsp;</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Bastian MacLeod never chose a life of piracy, but after coming of age under the brutal regime of </span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Auldfarrand's Revenge</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">, his world has been limited to placating the volatile captain and staying one step ahead of the navy-that is until he discovers Maggie in the cargo hold. The first rule of piracy is: wenches are unlucky and will be cast overboard.&nbsp;</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">With Bastian's help, Maggie disguises herself and joins the crew, but sparks between them ignite like St. Elmo's Fire. Can they keep her secret-and keep their hands off each other-long enough to outwit the navy and hunt down the captain's lost treasure? Or will bad luck send them both to the hangman's noose?</span></p>